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Articles on Kidnapping
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Apart from tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police must embrace community policing.
In the past five years, the rise of banditry and terror attacks have had devastating effects on children in northern Nigeria.
Sea piracy often grabs the headlines, but it is just one of many symptoms of insecurity at sea.
Much remains unknown so far about an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but five themes will remain relevant no matter how events unfold.
Feeding a simple narrative of piracy without a broader look at other maritime security challenges hinders progress in dealing with it.
Meet the unsung aid workers who put their lives on the line during war and natural disaster to make sure the dead are treated with respect – and that their grieving families get closure.
For the few cases that go awry, the main problems are pre-existing medical conditions and escape attempts.
The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
Nigeria’s forests are used by terrorists, kidnappers, cannabis cultivators, cattle rustlers and robbers.
A new scam tricks families based overseas into paying a ransom for Chinese students in Australia who have supposedly been kidnapped.
In an age of increased scrutiny, violent and repressive states are turning to subtler methods of removing dissidents and opponents.
Tough socio-economic conditions, among others, make kidnapping a thriving business in Nigeria. A strong justice system along with stiff punishment for the crime are needed.
Reliving trauma on a national scale.
The marked increase in the number of Nigerian pastoralists fleeing Boko Haram terror in northeastern Nigeria last year reflects a trend that started three years ago.
The reasons for the phenomenon of child marriage are complex and include the fact that in customary law, marriageable age was never reckoned as an actual number but depended on puberty.
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Director of Research, Academic Development and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nile University of Nigeria
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Lecturer, University of Northampton
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PhD (Maritime Security)
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Professor in Political Economy, King's College London
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Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Keele University
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Visiting Scholar, University of Florida
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Associate Professor in Geography, University of Florida
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Senior lecturer, Ekiti State University
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Professor of Forensic Medicine, Cairo University